Boxing - Britain’s Great Victory

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1692

Date Released

6 Nov 1961

Date submitted

3 Nov 1961

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Britain’s Great Victory. DESCRIPTION: British v American amateur boxers at Wembley, and bout one, flyweights Alan Rudkin and the coloured American Sherman Washington, was stopped when it was getting too hot for the American. Jim Caldwell met Brian Brazier in the Light Welterweight Class. This time, it was a points victory for Britain. Bout ten was between heavyweights Billy Walker and Cornelius Perry, a coloured giant. Britain already had nine wins, and Walker was delighted to have made it ten-nil. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV boxers in ring. CU man. GV boxing. MS ditto. LAS boxing. MS same. LAS ditto. MS boxing. LAS referee stops fight. MCU boxer. LS boxer. LAS ditto. MS ditto. LAS boxing. MS ditto. LAS ditto. MS boxer knocked out. MS boxer on floor. MCU Billy Walker.

Keywords

Sport; Boxing

Locations

London; England; Wembley

Card file number

83412

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner
Camera: Mark McDonald
Camera: Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

152

Story extras:

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